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Great Britain’s electricity on Saturday 9 July 2016

On Saturday 9 July, demand averaged 26.1 GW. Renewables supplied 21%.

26.1GW AVERAGEWind4.01 GW15%Hydro0.28 GW1%Solar1.20 GW5%Gas9.96 GW38%Coal0.32 GW1%Imports2.62 GW10%Nuclear8.05 GW30%26.1GW AVERAGE15%38%10%30%
Price
—/MWh
Demand26.1GW
Generation 23.8Transfers 2.3
Fossil fuels38%
Renewables21%
Other40%
Carbon intensity
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Key moments

On Saturday 9 July 2016, gas supplied 38% of Great Britain’s electricity and nuclear 30%. Demand peaked at 32.1 GW at 11:30. Wind generation peaked at 6.1 GW at 17:55. Solar generation peaked at 3.3 GW at 15:00. Gas made 42% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 45% across 2016.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 1.204.5%Wind 4.0115.2%Gas 9.9637.7%Hydro 0.281.1%Biomass 0.000.0%Nuclear 8.0530.4%Coal 0.321.2%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 26.1avgGeneration 23.8avgTransfers 2.3avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand32.1GW · 11:30
Low 18.9 · 04:50Avg 26.10–40 GW
Made in Great Britain91%of demand
Generation 23.8Transfers 2.3 GW
Net imports56GWh
In
57 Out
0
Zero-carbon share57%of generation
Nuclear 34%Hydro 1%Wind 17%Solar 5%

Transfers · Sat 9 Jul

Interconnectors and storage

On Saturday 9 July 2016, Great Britain imported 57 GWh and exported 0 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (33 GWh).

All interconnectors

Sat 9 Jul
Imported
57GWh
Exported
0GWh
Net in
56GWh
Average net flow
2.35GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.36GWImporting

In 32.6 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.23GWImporting

In 5.6 GWhOut 0.1 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.76GWImporting

In 18.6 GWhOut 0.3 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.03GWPumping

Generated 6.0 GWhPumped 6.8 GWh

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